Commonwealth v. Alves

INTRODUCTION

The defendant Nuno Alves has been indicted on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and threats to commit a crime. The defendant now moves to suppress all physical evidence and all statements made pursuant to the execution of an allegedly invalid arrest warrant and subsequent search of the defendant’s residence at 184 Perkins Avenue, Brockton, Massachusetts. The defendant further moves to suppress all statements he made to police while being questioned during the execution of the arrest warrant. For the following reasons, the defendant’s motion to suppress the physical…